Ben Barba, Australian rugby league player
Ben Barba (born 13 June 1989) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played for St. Helens in the Super League. He primarily played as a fullback or five-eighth.
He was banned by both the NRL and Rugby Football League in February 2019 following an assault on his partner.Barba won the Dally M Medal award for Player of the Year in 2012 while he was at the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.Barba also played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, the Brisbane Broncos in 2014 and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks where he was part of Cronulla's maiden Premiership win in the 2016 NRL Grand Final in the NRL. In 2018, he won the Man of Steel Award for Super League Player of the Year while playing for St Helens. Barba is only the second man to win both the Dally M Medal and the Man of Steel award, after Gavin Miller.
Barba also had a brief stint in rugby union with RC Toulonnais.